Holder for tire-casings, &amp;c.



E. M. DOUGHERTY.

HOLDER FOR TIRE CASINGS, Sw, APPLICATION FILED 1m31, |916.

Patented Apr. 30, 1918.

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EVERETT M. DOUGHERTY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOB TO E. J'. WEAVER .AND H. M. UEBELE, BOTH OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. E

HOLDER FOB, TIRE-CASINGS, &o.

To alt 'whom t may concern: l

Be it known that I, Evnniir'r M. Dorfen.- ER'rY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee and State of i/Visconsin, have invented new and 'useful Improvements in Holders for Tire- Casings, &c., of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in holders for tire casings and other annular articles. l

The object of my invention is to provide a form of support adapted to hold the tire casing in a raised upright` position. for display or storage purposes and in which the weight of the tire casing or other objects to be supported will automatically cause the support to clamp rigidly upon the supported article. My invention contemplates, however, a form of structure from which'the supported article may be removed by merely lifting it away from the support, the clamping members being ladapted to release the article as soon as relieved of its load.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a support for tire casings embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, showing one of the display panels in vertical section. i

Like arts are identified by the same reference c aracters in both views.

A air of frames A. and B are each provided) with an inwardly projecting arm C, these arms being pivoted together along a longitudinal axis by pivot pins or rods D. The arms are preferably rectangular in form and are providedV with downwardly projecting feet E, whereby they may be supported from the floor. -Each 'frame is preferably rectangular in form with a foot piece E at each end. Each frame is also provided with an arm C and an upwardly projecting arm F near each end. The arms C are substantially horizontal when the frame is in an upright position. The upwardly extending arms F are bowed or otherwise shaped to fit thecontour of the object to be supported.

From the foregoing escription it will be obvious that when the rames A and B are connected together by the pivot ins or bolts D, the resulting structure will have four supporting feet E and the lower por- Spvecication of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 30, i918.

Application filed January 31, 1916. Serial No. 75,258.

tions of the frame may be swung converglngly or divergingly with reference to each other upon the hinge connection formed by the pivot pins D. When the feet E on the re- Therefore when an annular object is placed' between these arms, it will curve downwardly in the space between the connected pairs of arms C and the supported object cannot tip laterally without ifirst spreading the :arms F. But the downward pressure of the object G will be greater upon the arm.

C than the lateral tipping pressure exerted upon the arms F and the clamping pressure will therefore be suiicient to vhold the, tire casing or other object in the vertical position in which it is illustrated in the drawings. The stability with which the object is supported may of course be increased or diminished by increasing or diminishing the lengthof the frames A and B and correspondingly increasing or diminishing; the distance between the pairs of clamping arms F.

The space between the frame bars ofthe frames A and B may, if desired, be occupied by suitable panels H, which may contain advertising mattei. These panels may be transparent or translucent and may be illuminated by a lamp I located between the frames. One of the frame bars -B may, if desired, be slotted, as shown at .l in Fig. 2 and the other frame bars may be suitably grooved to receive the margins of a panel :adapted to slide through the slot .ll to tliev This tends to cause the feetl ll claim* A. support of the class described comprising pairs of opposing legs, each leg being' vprovided with :in inwardly extending rigid arm pivoted to the similar arm of the opposing leg` and a normally upwardly exten ling clamping arm, said arms belng formed 'to embrace the sides o the ennulus to be supported, and, arming-ged to utilize the Weight of the ennulus upon the inwardly extending rigid arms to spread the lower 

